Levent Tuncer
b. Edirne, Turkey.
Levent Tuncer showcases the duality in every culture, incorporating imagery from art, architecture, textile and tiling, and the unceasing change it undergoes. His work is often described as being intuitive and psychological – creating from what he calls a “Proustian space”, describing the state between sleep and wakefulness where memories are vivid and fluid.
Tuncer moved to London in 1971, to study at the St. Martins School of Art. He went on to graduate from the Hornsey School of Art with a B.A. with honours. The University of Hartford, Connecticut awarded him a full scholarship, allowing him to teach there and earn his Master’s in Fine Arts degree from there in 1981.
Currently, he works from his studios in Brooklyn, New York and Tampa, Florida.
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Sultan Gallery – Kuwait, 1979.
Performance and Installation, University of Hartford – Hartford, Connecticut, USA, 1980.
Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford – Hartford, Connecticut, USA, 1981.
‘Lush Tolerances’, Project Art Center – Dublin, Ireland, 1995.
Gallery X – New York City, New York, USA, 1999.
‘Change and Consequence in Baghdad’, Painting Center (Project Space) – New York City, New York, USA, 2006.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
‘The American Way of Death’, Performance, Camden Institute – London, U.K., 1973. ‘Young Contemporaries’, Royal Academy of Arts – London, U.K., 1977.
Six Young Artists’, Gillys Gallery – London, U.K., 1978.
‘Whitechapel Open’, Whitechapel Art Gallery – London, U.K., 1978.
‘Stowells Trophy’, Royal Academy of Arts – London, U.K., 1979.
‘The Hornsey Show’, Alexandra Palace – London, U.K., 1979.
‘Summer Show’, Royal Academy of Arts – London, U.K., 1979.
‘Hornsey Paper Works’, Traveling Show – France, 1979.
University of Hartford – Hartford, Connecticut, USA, 1981.
‘Selections 25’, The Drawing Center – New York City, New York, USA, 1984.
Minor Injury Gallery – Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1984.
‘Relative Meaning: Figure in Context’, Hallwals – Buffalo, New York, USA, 1985.
BACA Downtown – Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1986.
BACA Downtown – Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1987.
BACA Downtown – Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1988.
Jan Weiss Gallery – New York City, New York, USA, 1990.
The Bronx Museum of Art – New York City, New York, USA, 1990.
Two Person Show, M-13 Gallery – New York City, New York, USA, 1993.
‘Spatial Ambiguities’, Marymount Manhattan College Gallery – New York City, New York, USA, 1994.
‘Chaos/Order’, Linhartova Nadace, “Roxy” – Prague, Czech Republic, 1995.
Three-person Show, Gallery A’pert – Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1998.
Two-person Show, Kingdom Fine Arts Gallery – Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1999.
Gallery at Asia Minor – Manhattan, New York, USA, 2000.
Three-person Show, Gallery at Asia Minor – Manhattan, New York, USA, 2001.
21 Group Show, Eicholt Gallery – Manhattan, New York, USA, 2002.
‘The Essence of Line’, Concordia College Gallery – New York, USA, 2004.
‘New York Painters’, Museo Arte Moderno de Bogota – Bogota, Colombia, 2006.
‘Neo-Abstraction’, AG Gallery, Williamsburg – Brooklyn, New York, USA., 2007.
Sundaram Tagore Gallery – New York City, New York, USA, 2008.
DM Contemporary – New York City, New York, USA, 2008.
DM Contemporary – New York City, New York, USA, 2009.
DM Contemporary – New York City, New York, USA, 2010.
‘Seeing Red’, Crossing Art Gallery – New York City, New York, USA, 2010.
La Mama Galleria – New York City, New York, USA, 2010.
Two-person Show, Blank Space Gallery – New York City, New York, USA, 2010.
DM Contemporary – New York City, 2011.
Summer Show, Blank Space Gallery – New York City, New York, USA, 2011.
Group Show, Parkers Box Gallery – Brooklyn, New York, USA, 2012.
Group Show, DM Contemporary – New York City, New York, USA, 2012.
‘Come Together: Surviving Sandy’ – Brooklyn, New York, USA, 2013.
‘In the Shadows: Contemporary Artists and Obsessive Memory’, Richmond Center for the Visual Arts, Kalamazoo, Western Michigan University – Michigan, USA, 2014.
‘Talisman’, The Painting Center – New York City, New York, USA, 2015.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Full Scholarship (MFA) – University of Hartford, Conneticut, USA.
Pollock/Krasner Foundation, Painting Grant
Artist’s Assistance Grant – Artists Space, New York City, New York, USA.
Two Fellowships – Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Lynchburg, VA.
22 paintings totaling 150 linear feet by ten feet depicting events in the lives of Peter and Paul and twelve individual apostles – Joint commission from the church and the Irish government, 2006/7.